This week we hear why Chicago has so many Thai restaurants and a renowned Thai chef offers up some tips for how to get the full experience of Thai cuisine. Hint: no chopsticks.
Everything Everywhere Daily - Inauguration Day
Every four years on January 20th, the United States holds a ceremony for the inauguration of the President of the United States. There are traditions for the inauguration, some of which have been passed down since the very first.
Why do we use January 20th as the date, and how did many of these traditions get started?
Learn more about the history and traditions of the Presidential Inauguration on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Crash At Crush
In 1896, the United States was experiencing what we now call a recession. The Panic of 1896 had made life tough on everyone, and many of the companies in the highly competitive railroad business were looking for new ways to make money.
One man, William George Crush, came up with a smashing idea.
His idea was so popular that it drew enough people to create the second-largest city in Texas for a single day, and then subsequently got him fired.
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Everything Everywhere Daily - ALL RATS MUST DIE!!!
Humans and rats have lived in an uneasy relationship for millennia. Rats have spread diseases like the bubonic plague, destroyed grain harvests, and stolen our pizzas.
In return, rats have given humans…...pretty much nothing.
As such, humans have waged a relentless war against rats which for the most part has gone nowhere. However, there are some fronts where we have had amazing success.
Learn more about humanity’s war on rats on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Everything Everywhere Daily - The British Pound(s)
If you visit a different country you might need to get some of the local currency. You might get Ringgit in Malaysia, Pesos in Mexico, Kip in Laos, or Tala in Samoa.
However, there is one country where you have to be careful what currency you get because there are different notes produced in different parts of the country, and the different notes aren’t accepted everywhere in the country.
Learn more about the various British Pounds on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Everything Everywhere Daily - Moving Day in New York
Since the year 1790, New York City has been the largest city in the United States. Given the population density of the city, the vast majority of the people there rent apartments.
Now imagine if everyone in New York who switched apartments had to do so on the exact same day every year.
Well, this was the reality in New York for over a century.
Learn more about moving day in New York City on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Everything Everywhere Daily - Did Gutenburg Really Invent the Printing Press?
The printing press is considered to be one of, if not the greatest invention in history. The printing press allowed for an explosion in information and it ushered in the renaissance, the enlightenment, and the scientific and industrial revolutions.
As such, Johannes Gutenberg is often considered one of the most important people in history.
But did Gutenberg actually invent the printing press? Should he be given credit for this important invention?
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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Dunbar Number
There is a number, a very special number, which is inside all of us. It is inside you, inside me, and inside every person on Earth.
It dictates our social interactions. It has determined the size of communities, Christmas Card lists, and has implications for social media.
Learn more about the Dunbar Number on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Bay Curious - Calling For Time: Whatever Happened to POP-CORN?
Want to know what time it is? These days, it's as easy as looking at your phone. But before the digital age, Bay Area residents could dial POP-CORN or 767-2676 to hear a woman's recorded voice giving the time. Bay Curious unpacks the human history of this now obsolete telephone service.
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Reported by Christopher Beale. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Katrina Schwartz, Suzie Racho and Katie McMurran. Additional support from Erika Aguilar, Jessica Placzek, Kyana Moghadam, Paul Lancour, Carly Severn, Ethan Lindsey, Vinnee Tong and Don Clyde.
Curious City - Did All Chicagoans Support The Civil War?
In this week’s episode we revisit a question we first answered in 2018. What was Chicago’s response to the Civil War? Chicagoans support for the war was actually quite varied and changed as the war progressed. To answer the question we focus on the experience of Irish Americans and African-Americans and look at how the war went from popular to controversial in Chicago in just a few years.